Paul Walsh is the director of the University of Maryland's Office of Digital Learning. Before taking on his current role, Paul worked at the University System of Maryland’s Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation leading state institutions to expand access to affordable, high-quality educational opportunities, at scale, via the edX platform. Paul was also the Assistant Vice President for Academic Innovation and Instructional Support at the University of Baltimore and founding director of the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, and Technology (CELTT). He serves on several non-profit and local school boards and lives in Timonium with his wife and two daughters. He has degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Towson University.